Dangers of powerlifting

[Adam Steer]

Next time someone says Clubbells look dangerous, show them this. :eek:

http://www.t-nation.com/img/photos/07-152-feature/image003.jpg

[Pablo]

Nasty, Adam!

But it drives home the point, doesn't it?!

Paul

[JonFrost]

I hate to see things like that! I would much rather see someone's chewed up hand after doing a lot of clubbell or kettlebell work!!

Jon

[Nick1974]

The girl in this clip narrowly escaped a similar fate. Go to the 1.50min point in this clip:

http://media.crossfit.com/cf-video/CrossFit_ChicksJerkHeavy.wmv

To be fair, her proprioceptive awareness and general athleticism saved her skin. Qualities the dude in the photo above probably lacked.

[HereBeADragon]

thats gotta hurt but in all fairness can anyone show me a sport that is not dangerous?

[Adam Steer]

thats gotta hurt but in all fairness can anyone show me a sport that is not dangerous?

OK, let's not get too serious here folks... :)

[Scott Sonnon]

thats gotta hurt but in all fairness can anyone show me a sport that is not dangerous?


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[Matthew Barnes]

those children should be wearing eye protection and mouth guards!:paranoid:
do you know how fast those "tiddly winks" fly?

[migo]

How applicable is powerlifting to grappling sports? Particularly ones where throws/slams are useful like Judo, Wrestling and MMA?

[AdamS.]

How applicable is powerlifting to grappling sports? Particularly ones where throws/slams are useful like Judo, Wrestling and MMA?

Not very. Check out the forum for the SAID principle (http://www.rmaxinternational.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10935). If you're training to deadlift, you're only training to deadlift. Any benefit your throwing has from powerlifting is in spite of the lifting and not because of it.

[migo]

Thanks, I hadn't twigged (even though it should be obvious from the videos) that you're not going through the whole motion at once.